Deceiving Knight vs Great Flying Fox

Tricholoma sejunctum compared with Pteropus neohibernicus

Key Differences

• Deceiving Knight is Endangered while Great Flying Fox is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Deceiving Knight	Great Flying Fox
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Tricholomataceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Tricholoma	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Tricholoma sejunctum	Pteropus neohibernicus

Conservation Status

Deceiving Knight

EN — Endangered

Great Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Deceiving Knight	Great Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Deceiving Knight

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (4 countries), and North America (United States). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Great Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.